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Clea Danaan's Writing Workshop
Workshop includes free-writing & structured exercises, guided meditations, inspirational readings, discussion of individual's work.

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Olvar Wood Writing Retreat
Writing retreat that offers courses, mentorships & manuscript appraisals; sponsors a short story competition

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God is a Writer Conference
Writer's network & seminars; poetry slam, one-act stage production.

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CreateNOW Nonfiction Online Workshop
Online non-fiction workshop that includes member interaction, individual exchanges with instructor, exercises, assigned readings, critiques.

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Fifth House Lodge Retreat Fifth House Lodge Retreat
Fifth House Lodge in Maine is a writers' retreat offering personalized writing retreats for individuals, group writing workshops and other programs of interest to writers.

Write From the Heart Seminars & Coaching Write From the Heart Seminars & Coaching
Works In Progress: Completing Your Book for Publication. With leading writing coach and author of 30-plus books. Positive, informative, and supportive.

Algonkian Writer Conferences and NYC Pitch and Shop Algonkian Writer Conferences and NYC Pitch and Shop
A single best way to craft the novel? Pitch it? Become published? Yes. Algonkian and NYC Pitch and Shop provide finest faculty and method.

Tin House Summer Writers Workshop Tin House Summer Writers Workshop
One-week writing intensive featuring workshops, readings, seminars, panels, mentorships. Prestigious faculty of writers of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Reed College, Portland.

WordHarvest Writers Workshops & Tony Hillerman Writers Conference WordHarvest Writers Workshops & Tony Hillerman Writers Conference
Learn to write dialog, add excitement to action scenes, avoid genre cliches, plot your way to success and capture an agent's attention. 11/5-9/2008. Albuquerque, N.M.

Writing the Breakout Novel and High Tension Workshop Writing the Breakout Novel and High Tension Workshop
Two workshops. One Goal. Your best writing year ever. Writing the Breakout Novel and The High Tension Workshop with New York Literary Agent, Donald Maass.

New York Writers Workshop Non-fiction Pitch Conference New York Writers Workshop Non-fiction Pitch Conference
Three-day conference for non-fiction writers who pitch their book proposals to three different editors from major New York publishing houses. October 10-12, 2008 • New York, NY.

Manhattanville Summer Writers' Week Manhattanville Summer Writers' Week
Annual Writer's Week in June features workshops with well-known published authors. 2008 is the 25th Anniversary year! On Manhattanville College's beautiful suburban campus, 30 minutes from New York City. 6/23-27/2008

Lesley University Writers' Conference Lesley University Writers' Conference
Extraordinary opportunities to receive feedback from established writers, share ideas, make connections, and take your writing to the next level. Cambridge, MA • 7/27-8/1/2008.

San Francisco Writing for Change Conference San Francisco Writing for Change Conference
Changing the World, One Book at a Time. This event, for nonfiction writers who want to make a difference, features Mike Farrell and Gay Hendricks!

Yosemite Writers Conference Yosemite Writers Conference
Learn-Connect-Sell. Writer-friendly, highly rated conference features top editors, agents and magazine and book publishing professionals at one of the world's most beautiful settings.

ClarityWorks Writing Retreats and Writers Workshops ClarityWorks Writing Retreats and Writers Workshops
Write fearlessly in a women-only retreat. Scenic autumn writing retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville. November 9-16, Lake Logan, NC. Peggy Millin facilitates. 828/298-3863.

Foothill College Writers' Conference Foothill College Writers' Conference
This five-day annual conference features noon and evening readings and afternoon workshops conducted by prestigious poets and prose writers. Belmont, CA • 7/9-13/2008.

Abroad Writers Conference—Authors without Borders Abroad Writers Conference—Authors without Borders
Experience the world while you write. Networking opportunities await you while attend lectures, readings and workshops with award-winning authors and agents. 2008: Provence/Cote d'Azur, France; Puerto Vallarta or Tulum, Mexico; Newton Stewart, Scotland; and Chiang Mai, Thailand.

San Miguel de Allende Writers' Workshops San Miguel de Allende Writers' Workshops
Come to the exquisite city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico for inspiring writing workshops with distinguished instructors. Next program, August 11-15, 2008.

Backspace Writers Conference Backspace Writers Conference
2008 Backspace Writers Conference, August 7 & 8, Radisson Martinique, NYC. Two days of panels, workshops, and networking in the heart of the publishing world.

Atlantic Writers Workshop Atlantic Writers Workshop
Unleash your creativity and sharpen your skills in fiction and memoir with weekly New York City classes and excursions to Mexico and New England.

Margaret Irby Writing Workshops Margaret Irby Writing Workshops
Nurture your creativity with gifted writing teacher Margaret Irby at these one-week workshops in the magical cities of Istanbul, Turkey (8/22-27/08) and Paris, France (10/12-18/08).

Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference
Bring your completed manuscript or manuscript-in-process to the decision-makers. The first poetry conference realistically designed to set poets on a path towards book publication.

Center to Page Center to Page
Join one of our Yoga As Muse workshops or retreats. Gain expert guidance in all stages of your writing journey - from inspiration & drafting to publication.

Authorlink Virtual Classroom for Writers Authorlink Virtual Classroom for Writers
New in 2008! Talk directly to publishing pros about polishing and selling your work. Interactive online writing courses taught by published professionals in state-of-the-art teleconferences.

Indiana University Writers' Conference Indiana University Writers' Conference
IUWC’s stimulating one-week learning vacation offers poetry, fiction and nonfiction workshops, classes, panel discussions, talks, faculty readings, and social events. June 2008 • Bloomington, Indiana.

Iowa Summer Writing Festival Iowa Summer Writing Festival
An opportunity for you to share your work in a community that wishes it well. 130 short-term workshops across the genres for writers of all levels.

Creativity Workshop: Creative Writing, Drawing, Storytelling and Memoir Creativity Workshop: Creative Writing, Drawing, Storytelling and Memoir
A workshop for writers, teachers, artists, and performers to explore the processes of their creative expression and to develop and share work-in-progress.

Split Rock Arts Program - University of Minnesota Split Rock Arts Program - University of Minnesota
The Split Rock Arts Program is a summer series of three-day and weeklong workshops in creative writing, visual art, and design. June 15-August 1, 2008.

Antioch Writers' Workshop Antioch Writers' Workshop
Antioch Writers' Workshop, July 12-18, 2008. Fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoir, poetry, mystery. Accessible faculty, intensive seminars, manuscript critiques, agent meetings. Come join our community of writers.

Progoff Intensive Journal Program Progoff Intensive Journal Program
Nationwide and year-round writing workshops for self-development. A powerful technique to spur creativity and overcome writers' block, endorsed by Judy Collins and Donald Spoto.

Santa Barbara Writers Conference Santa Barbara Writers Conference
30 different craft-based workshops with top authors and agents, speakers, panels, late-night critique sessions, receptions and closing dinner, opportunities to pitch your projects. June 21-26, 2008. This year our Poetry Conference, March 28-30, 2008, welcomes Philip Levine.

Wesleyan Writers Conference Wesleyan Writers Conference
52nd year - For new writers, established writers, and everyone interested in the writer's craft. Includes seminars, informal workshops, manuscript consultations with faculty, writing time.

Paris Writers Workshop Paris Writers Workshop
WICE's internationally renowned summer writers' conference. Writers fine-tune their work under the guidance of distinguished authors with hard practical experience of the craft. 7/1-11/2008.

Writers Studio at UCLA Extension Writers Studio at UCLA Extension
Participate in the four-day intensive Writers Studio and attend in-class and online courses at the most comprehensive writing program in the United States.

Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat & Literary Festival Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat & Literary Festival
Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat & Literary Festival, a five-day celebration of words, stories and ideas. June 22 to 27, 2008 • Aspen, Colorado

Gotham Writers' Workshop - WritingClasses.com Gotham Writers' Workshop - WritingClasses.com
New York professional writers' leading creative writing school offers comprehensive workshops online and in NYC in over a dozen writing genres. "Best of Web" – Forbes

Wildacres Writers Workshop Wildacres Writers Workshop
Week-long residential workshop with top faculty on a mountain top in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. Beautiful rooms, delicious meals, nighttime programs, manuscript critique. 7/5-12/2008.

Colgate Writers’ Conference Colgate Writers’ Conference
The Colgate Writers' Conference offers daily workshops of ten or fewer participants, personal consultations, craft talks, panel discussions, readings, and informal conversations. 6/22-28/2008

Mendocino Coast Writers Conference Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
3 plus day annual conference features all-day small group genre intensives, lectures and readings by presenters, one-on-one consultations, editor/agent/publisher chat rooms. July 31-August 3, 2008. Fort Bragg, California.

Writers Retreat Workshop (WRW) Writers Retreat Workshop (WRW)
Internationally acclaimed Writers Retreat Workshop, selected by USA Weekend as a learning "vacation that can change your life". Described as a "writers boot-camp." Limited Registrations.

Jackson Hole Writers Conference Jackson Hole Writers Conference
Get inspired, get critiqued, get connected: at the 2008 conference in the Tetons with Elizabeth George, Gail Tsukiyama, Jane Hamilton, Bob Mayer, Kyle Mills. 6/26-29/2008.

Sewanee Writers' Conference & Young Writers' Conference Sewanee Writers' Conference & Young Writers' Conference
The Sewanee Writers' Conference offers a twelve-day opportunity to work with and learn from some of America's best working writers. Join us 7/15-27/2008. Sewanee, Tennessee.

Columbus Writers Conference Columbus Writers Conference
August 24-25, 2007. An exciting range of topics (40+) presented by writers, editors, literary agents; one-to-one consultations; and more.

Write on the Sound Writers' Conference and Pre-Conference Write on the Sound Writers' Conference and Pre-Conference
Limited to 200 attendees, the conference provides a wide variety of workshop sessions and the opportunity to network with aspiring and published authors.

Pikes Peak Writers Conference Pikes Peak Writers Conference
April 25-27, 2008: Join the three-day, jam-packed expedition into the world of fiction writing at PPWC. Includes workshops, interviews with agents/editors, meals, and manuscript consultations.

Whidbey Island Writers Conference Whidbey Island Writers Conference
Feast on the years of experience offered by presenters specifically selected for their talent, passion for writing, and desire to share their gifts with you.

Spring Time Creative Writing & Journaling Workshops Spring Time Creative Writing & Journaling Workshops
Be the writer you know you are! Tired of big seminars? Try our friendly professional "almost private" workshops! Learn/Write/Discuss" over 4-day weekends. **In our 10th year!**

South Carolina Writers Workshop Conference South Carolina Writers Workshop Conference
The Method, the Market & the Muse - The 2008 SCWW Conference offers something for everyone, from beginning writers to published authors! 10/24-26/2008 • Myrtle Beach, SC.

The Writers Studio The Writers Studio
Students publish and win awards. Classes Online, in NYC and Tucson. Alumni include Jennifer Egan, Walter Mosely, Martha McPhee, Lesley Dormen. Tutorials available.

Nightwriters in California Nightwriters in California
Five days of relaxing but intensive writing at the legendary Bishop's Ranch, amid vineyards of Healdsburg, in Sonoma wine country north of San Francisco .

Creative Writing in Oaxaca, Mexico Creative Writing in Oaxaca, Mexico
Donna Hanelin, poet and writer, teaches a Course on Story Writing, fictional and autobiographical and/or Writers' Retreat with private consultation. Oaxaca, Mexico • July 12-26, 2008

Robert Vaughan's Write on the Beach Writers' Retreat Robert Vaughan's Write on the Beach Writers' Retreat
Week-long workshops, limited to three guests, with author Robert Vaughan at his beachside home. March 30 - April 4, April 6 - 11, April 13 - 18, April 20 - 25, April 27 - May 2, 2009 Private tutoring available throughout the year. Contact Robert at RVaug0575@aol.com

The International Artists' and Writers' Workshops in Ghana The International Artists' and Writers' Workshops in Ghana
Writing workshops, cultural excursions, culinary discoveries, social events, participant readings, urban bustle in the capital city, followed by coastal village beach retreat.

Writers' Workshops at the Spencer Writers' Workshops at the Spencer
Inspirational five-day workshops with today’s top writing professionals at The Spencer Hotel & Spa in the unique environment of Chautauqua Institution’s Bestor Plaza. Chautauqua, NY.

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